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Following Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordi nary Son

Following Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordi nary Son - Paperback

by Tom Fields-Meyer
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tom Fields-MeyerAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2011-09-06Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780451234636ISBN-10:451234634UPC:9780451234636Book Category:Family & Relationships, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Children with Special Needs, Memoirs, People with DisabilitiesAward:2011 National Jewish Book Award Finalist - Biography/Autobiography AwardSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC5KE4X53Y
A heartwarming, intimate, and amusing memoir of a father's experience raising his autistic son.

When Tom Fields-Meyer's son Ezra was three and showing early signs of autism, a therapist suggested that the father needed to grieve.

"For what?" Tom asked.
The answer: "For the child he didn't turn out to be."

That moment helped strengthen the author's resolve to do just the opposite: to love the child Ezra was, a quirky boy with a fascinating and complex mind. Full of tender moments and unexpected humor, Following Ezra is the story of a father and son on a ten-year journey from Ezra's diagnosis to the dawn of his adolescence. It celebrates his growth from a toddler to an extraordinary young man, connected in his own remarkable ways to the world around him. And through Ezra's eyes, Tom--and, in turn, the reader--gains a new and beautiful understanding of the world.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780451234636ISBN-10:451234634UPC:9780451234636Book Category:Family & Relationships, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Children with Special Needs, Memoirs, People with DisabilitiesAward:2011 National Jewish Book Award Finalist - Biography/Autobiography AwardSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC5KE4X53Y
Tom Fields-Meyer is an author and journalist. A former senior writer for People, he has written for dozens of publications, including The New York Times Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. A native of Portland, Oregon and a graduate of Harvard, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their three sons.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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🏆 2011 National Jewish Book Award Finalist - Biography/Autobiography Award

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